Young CriticMr. Jones
An Informative and Effective Film about the Discovery of the Ukrainian Famine Europe in the 1930s is a fascinating time to study and to be a journalist, as one had infinite social and political experiments occurring: fro
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Young CriticThe King of Staten Island
Pete Davidson has been a celebrity on the rise, both for his biting stand-up comedy as well as for his dating life. However, the Saturday Night Live (1975-) cast member has also become known for a troubling upbringing, m
Young CriticCapone
Al Capone is one of the most well-known real-world villains of history. The Chicago gangster has been the subject of endless novels, shows, and films. However, most iterations focus on him at his ascension on zenith of h
Young CriticJust Mercy
For much of the world democracies the death penalty is illegal, it is a brutal way of carrying out “justice” especially in countries were the Corrections facilities are made to “correct” instead of “condemn.” In the majo
Young CriticAn Officer and a Spy
Roman Polanski has had a life that is eventful enough to be made into a film. The director was one of the hottest filmmakers in the late 60s with the great success of Rosemary’s Baby (1968), however, only a year after th
Young CriticThe Two Popes
The politics of the Vatican are a fascinating subject to dive into. And yet a lot of filmmakers are still afraid of touching such a sensitive subject for over 1 billion believers worldwide. However, there have been succe
Young CriticRichard Jewell
Clint Eastwood has recently become fascinated at how one short moment can define the lives of some characters forever. Such was his focus in Sully (2016), with the miraculous safe landing of a plane in New York’s East Ri
Young CriticDark Waters
The courtroom film has been a very prolific subgenre, managing to show the intricacies of American justice, with a frequent penchant for flair. The likes of To Kill a Mockingbird (1962), The Verdict (1982) , My Cousin Vi
Young CriticHoney Boy
Child actors lead a horribly dark life where their childhood is stolen from them and their parents are usually exploiting them for money and fame. Such a dark side of Hollywood is not normally explored on screen, but it
Young CriticThe Irishman
When one thinks of the “gangster” film, one think Martin Scorsese; the American director has produced some of the classics of the genre. His last film Silence (2016) was a bit of a slog and couldn’t have been further fro
Young CriticA Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Fred Rogers was much more than the creator of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood (1968-2001) one of the most beloved children’s TV series the 20th century, he was also one of the greatest philosophers of our time. His simple wa
Young CriticFord v Ferrari
Ever since legendary actor Steve McQueen left our screens, the appreciation of cars – fast cars -on the silver screen has largely been left to the blocky Fast and Furious films. That franchise seems to dumb down the appr
Young CriticHarriet
It’s incredible to think that the figure of Harriet Tubman has not had a biographical feature film. She was one of the most important and impressive figures during 19th century America, helping lead efforts in the Underg
Young CriticThe Current War: Director's Cut
The Harvey Weinstein scandal in 2017 sent shockwaves around Hollywood as well as the world. The allegations proved so condemning in the public eye that the Weinstein Company production company was liquidated, and its lib
Young CriticPain and Glory
Pedro Almodovar is in the rare class of directors to be in genres of their own. The Spanish auteur’ s exploration of the irrationalities of desire and how its indulgences are the most human aspects of us all, struck a ch
Young CriticJudy
The only thing that Hollywood loves more than itself is movies made about the struggles of their industry. And yet, the Hollywood system has always been shamed for chewing up stars and spitting them out when they got tir
Young CriticWhile at War
The Spanish Civil War has been brought to screen by Spanish filmmakers innumerable times; after the return of democracy in 1977 it seemed to be a necessary atonement and exploration of a horror that still echoes 80 years
Young CriticHustlers
The stripper sub-genre in film is one that should be tread into carefully; there is a very fine line between exploiting bodies for money, and diving into a character piece. This is the difference between films like Showg
Young CriticRocketman
In any artform those who play it safe and by the rules are seldom rewarded with the fame and glory that they seek. Conformists have never been the ones remembered and admired, it is the bold who make a splash in our memo
Young CriticTolkien
It is difficult to estimate the impact that J.R.R. Tolkien’s works have had on pop-culture. His Hobbit and Lord of the Rings books have generated a fan base and following that has allowed a film franchise to spawn as wel
Young CriticStan & Ollie
The world loves movie stars, and in the Golden Age of Hollywood movie stars were the name of the game. However, audiences can easily and cruelly let such stars fade away making Hollywood seem like a truly cut-throat plac
Young CriticOn the Basis of Sex
There is undoubtedly a wave of feminism that began with the revelations of producer Harvey Weinstein and the backlash of the elections of such sexist politicians like Donald Trump in the US, Jair Bolsonaro in Brasil, and
Young CriticVice
Adam McKay wowed us all with his shift from Will Ferrell comedies like Anchorman and The Other Guys to an analysis of the stock market crash of 2007, seen in his 2015 film The Big Short (for which he won an Academy Awa
Young CriticMary Queen of Scots
There is no clear-cut history; all we in the present can do is try to compile the most convincing of people’s perspectives of the period we want to study. However, it is easy to simply stand by one side’s version of even